QF Radio unveils interactive offerings
QF Radio has unveiled a number of new live political and cultural programmes with interactive elements encouraging its listeners to participate.The brand new shows were introduced beside the radio's plans ...
QF Radio has unveiled a number of new live political and cultural programmes with interactive elements encouraging its listeners to participate.The brand new shows were introduced beside the radio's plans ...
In celebration of its second anniversary, the Screen Institute Beirut has announced a new batch of documentaries which have received funding and technical support from the institutes Film Fund.With films ...
The eighth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), has received more than 1,760 film entries from 106 nations for its 2011 edition.Of those, more than 1,000 short films, ...
Abu Dhabi Media Companys production arm Imagenation has been rebranded as Image Nation. The company will also have a new structure that includes two ...
Prince Al Waleed's news channel, which is scheduled to launch in December 2012, may be headquartered in Dubai.Jamal Khashoggi, the head of the new Arabic TV news station backed by ...
Turret Media has announced the programme for medialive! - a showcase for the Middle Easts media industry, set to take place from 18 to 19 October 2011, at the Park ...
twofour54 intaj announced that it has signed a joint venture deal with advertising technology specialist, Adstream.The joint venture means that ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) is geared up to take place between 13 October to 22 October.This year the festival celebrates its fifth anniversary and will screen more than ...
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. has finalised an agreement to acquire 100% shareholding in the Brazilian broadcast transmitter manufacturer Linear Equipamentos Eletrônicos Eletrônicos S/A ("HKL") via Hitachi Kokusai's Brazilian subsidiary Hitachi ...
The first episode of Emirati film director and producer Ali Mostafa's mini-series titled Classified is set to debut on the MBC website on 28 September.The series is the result of a partnership ...
Sky News Arabia has recruited 70 full time staff in the past six months, with a further 100 under mobilisation joining shortly, and another 200 people to be recruited by the ...
Radio Asia Network (RAN) has launched a new Malayalam and Tamil language radio station called Super 94.7 FM.RAN is among the first radio networks of the region, broadcasting across the ...
Animated series The Amazing World of Gumball is being launched in Arabic across the region by Cartoon Network Arabic.Creator ...
The I love UAE video competition concluded with the announcement of the winners and a debate by film experts and educationists on how to nurture film making in the UAE.The competition ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival has announced that the renewable energy company Masdar will be the official partner of the festivals programme for films on significant environmental issues. ADFF, which ...
The Dubai International Film Festival is partnering with the American Mission to the UAE to present eight powerful documentaries from the American Documentary Showcase to audiences across the emirates. All ...
The 15th annual Arab Film festival(AFF) is scheduled to take place between 13 October and 23 October this year.AFF will be held in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay ...
Wadah Khanfar has resigned as director general of Al Jazeera, the Middle East satellite TV network which has achieved global renown and credibility during his ...
OSN has unveiled its new brand identity under the banner of Just Imagine following the merger of Orbit and Showtime in 2009.Speaking about the development, David Butorac, CEO of OSN, ...
Showcasing the diversity of Arab films produced throughout the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region in the past year, the Doha Film Institute (DFI) today announced the feature films ...
Jordans Rubicon Group Holding (RGH) has teamed up with Classic Media, a media company with a portfolio of some of the worlds leading family entertainment brands to announce that Postman ...
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera Network has awarded a US $20 million contract to Abu Dhabi based systems integrator Tek Signals to put in place a complete 3G infrastructure for five ...
The Arabian Radio Network (ARN), which was launched in 2001, has added a new Farsi language radio station for the UAE to its seven stations, to celebrate its 10th anniversary.Broadcasting on ...
IBC has announced its visitor numbers for this years show which add up to 50,462. The figure marks a 4% increase in attendance when compared to IBC2010, which had a ...
News channels Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya may have to face competition from a new Saudi news channel which is in the pipeline.Prince Alwaleed bin Talals Kingdom group has announced ...
The 23rd edition of the European Film Festival will begin on September 18 in Jordan with the screening of Polish film ...
Sony Professional Solutions MEA (PSMEA) has won a US $13 million deal to supply and integrate three full HD studios for Qatar TV at the state broadcasters facility. BroadcastPro ME broke ...
Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) has selected Jampro Antennas of Sacramento, CA to furnish turnkey broadband DVB-T ...
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe has acquired Latibaer, the Icelandic entity that owns and operates the LazyTown brand. The announcement follows Turners consolidated preschool expansion across Europe Middle East and ...
Harris Corporation announced at IBC that it has been awarded a contract to provide ...
UAE-based telecommunications company Etisalat has commissioned systems integrator Qvest Media to undertake the construction of a multi-format playout centre for the production and ...
Tapeless technology specialist EVS will provide a fully integrated news production solution for the launch of Sky News Arabia´s new 24/7 Arabic news channel. Sky News Arabia is a joint ...
The third edition of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) will open this year with the world premiere of Black Gold. Vocalist ...
Broadband satellites networks and services company Hughes Network Systems HUGHES) has made its first shipment of advanced Ka-band gateway equipment and satellite terminals to Abu Dhabi based Al Yah Satellite ...
Egyptian Advanced Multimedia Systems (EAMS) has selected video streaming solutions provider Anevia's IPTV head-end solution to deliver content to its entire IP network.The EAMS IPTV delivery system, Egypts first, includes ...
Fifteen films from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen and Iraq will be screened at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden from September 23 to 27, 2011.A ...
The Royal Film Commission-Jordan (RFC) in cooperation with the Embassy of Chile in Amman will be screening Chilean feature films from 6 September to 8 September, 2011.The movies will be ...
Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, Roland Professional distributors in the region, have recently hosted a roadshow in Kuwait.The event was attended ...
With less than two months to the debut of Tropfest Arabia, Tropfest founder John Polson tells BroadcastPro Middle East about the film festival.Tropfest was first ...
Global broadcaster Aljazeera Sports Channels will use technology from satellite communication specialist Newtec and the Arab States Broadcasting Union to receive its multimedia content.Aljazeera has invested in several Multimedia Exchange ...
Dr. Riyadh Najm, Deputy Minister of Engineering, Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information was recently ...
Dubai-based production house Icon Art Production is gearing up to launch a non-profit initiative titled International Independent Film Makers Club (IIFM) that will support four ...
BroadcastPro Middle East is now accepting nominations to the ASBU BroadcastPro Middle East Awards that will be hosted on November 23, 2011 at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai. The event, which ...
Star has moved the playout of two of its channels from Hong Kong to twofour54, Abu Dhabis content generation zone.Since the launch of its playout centre last year, twofour54 has ...
Arabian Studios, an international production company with offices in Europe and studios in Los Angeles that produces feature films, TV commercials and documentaries, ...
Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC) has announced its shortlist for the 2011 Shasha Grant. It is a $100,000 international screenwriting competition whose winner is chosen by a group of international ...
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has won two awards at the eighth annual International Business Awards, also known as the Stevie Awards.The film festival was named Distinguished Honouree in ...
Tropfest Arabia, the new Arabic version of the worlds largest short film festival, has announced that filmmaker, Nayla Al Khaja, will represent the UAE on ...
Habibi Rasak Kharban, a Gaza love story supported by Enjaaz, the post-production fund of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), will ...
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) has announced the main venues for its upcoming fifth edition, scheduled to take place in the capital from October 13-22, 2011.For the first time, ...
Brokerage house Al Ramz Securities, has entered into a partnership agreement with CNBC-Arabia, in cooperation with AWAL IT Services, a company specialising in Information Technology (IT), computer software and electronic ...
Qatar Telecom(Qtel) group's Mozaic TV service is increasing its Ramadan channels and programming during the holy month.Four new channels with Islamic content have been added to cater to audiences' preferences.The new ...
du is offering its On Demand Club service to all existing and new du TV subscriptions free of charge, until September 9, 2011.On Demand Club allows subscribers to access international ...
The official launch of the first Indian HD Bollywood entertainment channel in the UAE was announced today.The launch of the new channel titled UTV Stars was announced by Etisalat in ...
Singapore-based media company MediaCorp is set to host the 20th Public Broadcasters International (PBI) 2011 conference this October. The conference will be held at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore from ...
Generator Rex, a new animated series has been launched by Cartoon Network Arabic. It joins other shows on the network which include Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, Dexters Laboratory and Adventure Time, which ...
A new Bollywood film titled Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (My brothers bride) which stars actors Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif and Pakistani singer Ali Zafar is scheduled to have its world premiere ...
A video competition has been launched to enable participants to express their love for the UAE by sending entries that celebrate the country's spirit and character, in time for its ...
The Arabsat 5C satellite built by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space was transported from the Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France by air to ...
Melody House, distributors of Primacoustics, has recently supplied to Dubai-based Ecstatic ...